Not just an En Vogue song. This is another area where Yoga and Productivity practices intersect. Sometimes one of the hardest poses in yoga practice is the one that usually closes the practice called Savasana or Corpse Pose. (it was…
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Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow
Tagged with: alignment, Practice, productivity, self management, Yoga
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Ideation
My uncle Al told me that he would sit in a favorite chair and have an original idea every day. My productivity mentor David Allen once told a class I was in about having a list of $1Million ideas. People…
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Flowing Energy = Ease
Which of these two people looks more relaxed and at ease? Which looks like they are exerting more energy? We know from the physical law of inertia that an object in motion stays in motion. We know from the Wizard…
Tagged with: Ease, flowing, health, isometrics, Joy, law of inertia, mental-health, natural flow, Practice, productivity, wellness, Yoga
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Quote of the Day
You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy. -Arthur Ashe
Tagged with: Joy, limiting beliefs, Practice, Preparation, self management
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Peace is Present
There is not only ‘no time like the present’. There is actually ‘no time but the present’ I attended a workshop last night called Finding Peace in Today’s World led by John Morton and organized by The Institute of Individual and World…
Tagged with: fear, IIWP, John Morton, judgement, MSIA, peace, Practice, Purpose, quotes, resistance, self management, spirituality
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Run Through the Finish
In 1986 I took a seminar called Insight. The facilitator, made an analogy that has stayed with me these twenty five plus years. So often, as we approach our goal we tend to let up. Amateur runners see the finish…
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Extreme Balance
This video is a mesmerizing meditation on the concepts of balance, focus and letting go. Watch his eyes. Focus and Balance are in motion. In this fluid state of shifting yet constant balance, notice how important it is to let go of…
Tagged with: balance, drishti, focus, letting go, Practice, Purpose, self management, shtira, wellness, Yoga
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“Practice and a…
“Practice and all is coming.” Pattabhi Jois
Drishti, Shtira, Focus, Stabilty
When I first started thinking about the connection between the practice of yoga and the practice of productivity I was, appropriately, in a yoga class. Ultimately there are many points of synergy. Two really came out as primary. Drishti, the act of…
Tagged with: drishti, Ease, focus, Joy, Practice, productivity, self management, shtira, stability, Yoga
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Mind Map Art
I recently posted on using mind maps for meeting notes. I also use them for speakers notes when I have a presentation, brainstorming new projects and for generally clearing out my mind. Today I want to share another use. Word…
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The Practice of Productivity 